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Sad to hear of his passing his imput to the forum will be greatly missed. Larry

Thanks, I'd like to meet up with you, i'm retired so I have a lot of spare time. Larry

I used 3M electrical tape to do rain gutters and around windshield, tape needs to be 3M brand or it won't hold up.

Car on it's way to the paint shop, a happy day it is.

Some pix of the ft disc brakes- calipers - rotors - carbon fiber ceramic brake pads- Russell s/s brad brake lines. This finishes up building the chaseif , now I'm waiting on the painter.

The Rocket has seen 130 mph ---- TOMTOM--- fastest T4 around-- not stock-- 165HP V 20 Black Top-- lots of fun to drive. Larry Must have been close to 6000 rpm cruising speed! This engine is red lined at 8200 rpm, that's where the rev limiter is set. This engine was built by Toyota but the cyl head ...

Qa1 shocks all around, 15" tires from a Mazda mieda -- other than that it's stock.

The Rocket has seen 130 mph ---- TOMTOM--- fastest T4 around-- not stock-- 165HP V 20 Black Top-- lots of fun to drive. Larry

Started the car up yesterday --- let it run for 30 min and busted it out of it's spot without shoveling. The snow fall is nothing but POWDER--- no water content--- won't compact enough to make a decient snow ball,easy to get high centered thou.

A little up date on the Rocket--- seems to be snowed in a bit--- weather has been rather shitty this February., still snowing as of right now, long range outlook --10 days-- doesn't look good at all. Spring is coming I hope. Rocket is Hardly visible.

Id'e find a good a/t rebuilder buy a trany kit , and rebuild the trany, a kit shouldn't be that hard to come by. Swaping from a/t to a manual trany is not a walk in the park, Id'e go the rebuilding process. Larry

Picked up my parts in Missoula Monday, they look sweet. A few more pix of the progress.

Exhaust is in, drive shaft, shifter are in. Trany, rear end serviced. Waiting for some special O-rings for the rack and pinion steering oil lines to show up to finish up the driver side, so the rt header can be installed . Headed to Missoula MT to get ft spindle brake backing plates, bumper braces P...

I would agree with all the posts, I'm 72 have worked since I was 8yr old NO one has ever given me S--t. Get off your but and get a job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Engine is in and mostly hooked up